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Originally Posted by pwd72s
This thread points to a crying need for high schools to teach basic money management skills.
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So true. It’s up to local school boards to put it in the curriculum.
I don’t remember how I learned how to manage money. It didn’t come from school or my parents.
But a lot of people won’t be told what to do. They live their lives the way they want and no amount of encouragement, cajoling, or force is going to convince them there is a better way.
Z-man’s steps to success are so basic, yet so many people don’t believe in them. Folks I know (relatives) actually thought my siblings and I were being pessimistic by planning for the future. I kid you not.
They stumbled through life with no plan or direction, confident that God would provide or things would somehow work out. Parenthood was something that just “happened” so they’ve produced a dozen or so children and grandchildren who are following the same path. They are almost all overweight smokers and a few died early. And the cycle continues.